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Lady Macbeth is seen as quite a controversial figure throughout Shakespeare’s popular play, ‘Macbeth.’ Lady Macbeth’s persona varies throughout the whole play but Act 1 Scene 7 and Act 5 Scene 1 show a clear contrast.
In Act 1 Scene 7, Lady Macbeth is a very powerful character, although in Act 5 Scene 1 her demanding and strong characteristics have began to disintegrate.
She is portrayed as a very strong, ruthless and ambitious character in the first of the two key scenes, Act 1 Scene 7. ... Lady Macbeth is a keen, striving woman who recognises her husband’s strengths and weaknesses; and is ruthless enough to exploit them.
Lady Macbeth and her husband appear to have quite a strong relationship; Shakespeare uses many techniques to convey this idea. One of which is that she shares lines with Macbeth during this scene, this highlights how close they are and, in addition, increases the pace and tension. Lady Macbeth is generally a very dominating character, not only in her speeches, but also in her interaction with Macbeth. ...
With remarkable effectiveness, Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband, overriding all his objections to the murder of the king. ... At this point in the play, Lady Macbeth seems to be a very malicious and vindictive woman, who appears to be getting more fiendish and wicked as the scene goes by.
Approximate Word count = 1064
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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